Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PODIATRISTS REGISTRATION ACT 1984 - SECT 10

10 .         Qualifications

        (1)         A person who satisfies the Board —

            (a)         that he is of good character and reputation;

            (b)         that he is resident in the State; and

            (c)         that he holds an approved educational qualification,

                shall, subject to this Act and upon payment of the prescribed fee, be registered under this Act and the Board shall cause his name to be entered in the Register accordingly.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who holds "an approved educational qualification" means a person who has gained by examination a qualification approved by the Board granted by a tertiary educational institution recognized by the Board.

        (3)         A person who satisfies the Board —

            (a)         that he is of good character and reputation;

            (b)         that he desires to engage in the occupation, as his sole professional occupation in the State, of teaching or research, or of a postgraduate scholar, in podiatry under the direction and control of a teaching or research institution; and

            (c)         that he has such qualifications in podiatry as in the opinion of the Board fit and qualify him for appointment to a position connected with, and to engage in the occupation of teaching or research, or of a post-graduate scholar in, podiatry,

                may, upon his making application to the Board for registration and upon payment of the prescribed fee, be registered as a podiatrist under this Act during such time as his appointment and engagement in that teaching or research or as a postgraduate scholar continues to be his sole professional occupation in the State, if in the opinion and in the discretion of the Board it is desirable in the interests of the general community of the State to so register that person.

        (4)         For the purposes of subsection (3), "teaching or research institution” means any university, college or school of podiatry, research institute, hospital, clinic or other like institution which is engaged in this State in teaching or research in podiatry and which is approved by the Board for the purposes of this subsection.